Macau Jockey Club

Macau also offers entertainment and betting at the Macau Jockey Club. Horse-racing mainly takes place every Tuesday and Saturday or Sunday at the race-course on the Taipa Island of Macau.

The race-course has an area of 450,000 square metres and 18,000 seats for gamblers, and is open only for people over 18 years of age.

The Macau Jockey Club was formerly the Macau Trotting Club. In 1991, it was acquired by a consortium led by Dr Stanley Ho.

The Macau Jockey Club is one of the largest private employers of Macau with around 1,400 employees and around 1,100 part-timers.

Statistics show that there's a dramatic decrease in overall betting turnover since 2001. It is mainly due to the influence of internet gaming, which is mentioned above.

Bet Types at the Macau Jockey Club

There are actually a variety of types of bets which could be placed on each race or a combination of races, tabulated as follows:

Win
Place
Quinella
Quinella Place
Double Quinella
Double Trio
Triple Trio
Six Up,
Tierce and Double

The amounts of payouts of the bets depend on different rate of odds set by the Jockey Club beforehand. If any of Double Quinella, Double Trio, Six Up and Triple Trio pools has no bets placed on its winning combination there will neither be payout of dividend nor refunds. Its Net Pool will be carried forward to the "Jackpot" and aggregated into the coming event.

Ways of betting

On-course Betting

There are over 210 betting terminals on-course. All terminals can perform sell and pay functions. Punters may bet in Hong Kong dollars or Macau patacas. Bets are accepted up to the start of each race. Punters may place a bet by oral instructions or by filling a ticket.

Off-course Betting

There are over 80 betting terminals in the Off-Course Betting Centres. 14 Off-course Betting Centres are located in popular districts of Macau and Taipa. If necessary, the MJC would set up more Off-Course Betting Centres for racegoers.

Internet Betting

The internet betting service commenced on 20 September 2003. Customers are welcome to browse through the Club's internet betting website at www.macauhorsebet.com.

Telephone Services

There are over 600 telephone service terminals and a total of over 38,000 telebet accounts. The winning dividend of account holders may at their instructions be automatically transferred to their bank accounts. For enquiries and opening of telephone service accounts, patrons are welcome to call at 8631338 (Macau).

Fast Access Terminals (FAT)

Launched in June 1997, the personal betting terminal, FAT (Fast Access Terminal) offers betting, calculation of bet units, record tracking of bets, account enquiry, withdrawal instructions and other related information on races such as declaration and race-odds. Close to 1,000 customers are currently using FAT.